PRP (Platelet-Rich Plasma)

Hello, everyone, I am Dr. Rashmi Sharma I am a Dermatologist practising in Vasant Kunj New Delhi. Today I am going to talk upon the technology called is PRP. So what is PRP? PRP is nothing but platelet-rich plasma or platelet concentrate in plasma, which is utilised for its growth factors. So the interesting fact about PRP is that it is already been there for several years in other field but recently does gain an importance in the field of cosmetics. So what does platelet do, the platelet is rich in various growth factors like platelet-derived growth factors, vascular endothelial growth factors, fibroblast-derived growth factors and various other growth factors which are utilised for the procedure. So now comes what are the various indications for PRP, there are various number of indications for PRP in Dermatology like for face rejuvenation, hand rejuvenation, for the androgenetic alopecia wherein BCA receding hairlines onto the skull, which is hormone-dependent type of alopecia, also for the alopecia areata, where there is a patchy lot of hair presented the scalp or onto the beard area, where it is injected and the results are rapidly seen. Also for other Dermatology indications lipodermatosclerosis, lichen sclerosis and nevertheless, it is very useful in case of chronic non-healing type of ulcer. Now comes to mind, how does PRP is how is it done, so the various methods to prepare the PRP. It can be prepared manually by heavy or light spin method in the laboratory and it can also be prepared by means of automated devices which are commercially available like, I do in my clinic by means of automated commercially available device by means of it, it can be rapidly prepared within a span of 5-10 minutes. Now how do we do this, as soon as the patient comes in stage 1 wherein, the face is cleaned and a topical thick layer of local anaesthetic is applied onto the face or onto the scalp, whichever is the desired area? So we wait for about half an hour, in the meanwhile what we do, we prepared the PRP as in we take the butterfly needle, which is a very tiny needle. By means of which, the sample is collected we need about 10 to 15 ml of the sample and the tube is there which is already coated with the gel, which is ACD which prevents the platelet from coagulation. Now in this gel coated tubes, the volume of the blood is collected. Then comes the stage 3, wherein, there is a separation of the PRP and the blood is spun in a centrifuge machine at a particular rate and is the prepared in about 5, 10 minutes, after that, this PRP is taken into the various microneedles. The one which is used in a saline syringe, it is a very tiny needle, so it makes the process very comfortable for the patient. After that we clean the face under all acceptive precautions, the injection is placed onto the desired area which can be faced like we do for the fine wrinkles around the eyes, for the forehead lines or lines around the lips or it also done for the scalp, most commonly for the diffuse, hair loss after so many chemical treatments the hair loss is very common to everyone. So the PRP is very effective in that also. After the procedure, the micro punctures are created which takes about 1 day 2 heal, post that, the patient can go back and resume is work. The most important and the best for the PRP is its 100% natural, it’s absolutely safe, there are no side effects and there's no downtime. Immediately after the process the patient can go and resume his work and nevertheless most important the is cost-effectiveness of the therapy, if we compare the PRP to other treatment which is like hyaluronic acid injection or artificial collision is very costly, So the PRP is economic compare to them and it also add on to the other modalities like it also prolongs the duration of the exogenous collision which is injected artificially like hyaluronic acid injection. The PRP can also be combining with the other procedures like chemical peels, derma rollers, mesotherapy, post lasers and many other procedures. The PRP is a very effective treatment and so what is the duration between the 2 sessions. Usually, what we do, we repeat the PRP at 4 weekly intervals and the maximum no. of 6 sessions is very useful for the sessions to be completed. Also, in my practice, I have personally seen a very good result with this one treatment of PRP. So all this leads to the PRP as a very effective treatment now, I think this is all about the PRP now.

If you want to personally contact me, you can come to my clinic in Vasant Kunj, my mobile No. is 9560057483, for any personal query you can attend me. Thank you so much.